Bindel, a freelance journalist and the co-founder of Justice for Women, explained that while the scenario is extreme, domestic violence and the perception of it being just a 'domestic' is also present in the UK.

"It is totally horrific, but remember that in England and Wales, there are two women killed every week by their partners and former partners," she told Julia Hartley-Brewer.

"We have a pandemic of violence against women around the world. But in India, women definitely have fewer legal, social, and political rights and equality.

"Those bystanders...some of them will be scared, others would have seen it as a domestic. I know that sounds incredible, for a murder where a woman was stabbed 22 times in broad daylight, but frankly, there's nothing unusual about this.